New York University Working on Millimetre Wave Tech for Mobile Broadband Services

Researchers at Polytechnic Institute of New York University have received funding to investigate the use of millimeter wave radio spectrum for a 5th generation mobile network.

The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded the team an Accelerating
Innovation Research (AIR) grant of $800,000, matched by $1.2 million from
corporate backers and the Empire State Development Division of Science,
Technology & Innovation.

"The team is built of experienced faculty entrepreneurs and highly
innovative researchers. Students will learn how to create products and
companies, working beside these professors and researchers from blue ribbon
companies." said NYU-Poly President Jerry M. Hultin.

The 5G project will develop smarter and far less expensive wireless
infrastructure by means of smaller, lighter antennas with directional
beamforming to bounce signals off of buildings using the uncrowded
millimeter-wave spectrum, where 50 to 100 times more user capacity is readily
available. It will also help develop smaller, smarter cells with devices that
cooperate rather than compete for spectrum.

"Bandwidth-hungry devices are doubling wireless spectrum demand every 12
to 18 months," said Professor Shivendra Panwar, principal investigator on
the 5G project, CATT director and professor in NYU-Poly's Department of
Electrical and Computer and Engineering. "The 4G wireless networks
increased the efficiency of spectrum usage, but this project pursues disruptive
technologies that will significantly relieve the pressure."

The move to the relatively unused and inexpensive millimeter-wave spectrum is
being led by Professor Theodore (Ted) Rappaport.

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